Events

Please see our calendar below for more details.  Some are held online while others are in-person.

Our interactive online calendar allows you to view events by month, week or day. Click on each event title for more information, including description and details about how to RSVP. Hospicare has a list of online grief resources that may be of assistance.

Throughout the year, Hospicare holds many events and programs, including ongoing grief support groups and special one-time or limited-time sessions. Hospicare also holds fundraising activities and outreach and educational events. 

 

Hospicare 101

with Dr. Lucia Jander & Edna Brown LCSW Learn more about the difference between hospice and palliative care and how we can help patients, families, and caregivers at ANY stage of a life-limiting illness. Our team will introduce you to the services of Hospicare & Palliative Care Services. We use a team approach to providing…

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19th Annual Women Swimmin’ for Hospicare!

Ithaca Yacht Club 1090 Glenwood Rd, Ithaca, NY, United States

Swim the lake, be a boater, volunteer, donate, or go the distance! For 2022 we have lots of different options for you to participate. YOU choose which is the best fit for you! Sign up to receive events updates below. GO THE DISTANCE – Between May 6 and August 13 anyone can participate by doing any…

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Advanced Care Plannng – A Gift to Your Loved Ones

With Dr. Lucia Jander & Edna Brown LCSW Establish your goals and overcome your fears. Death is a part of life, and planning for it can make all the difference to the emotional health of those you leave behind. Talk will cover: • The importance of advance care planning • Guidance in filling out Health…

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Advanced Care Planning: A Gift to Your Loved Ones

Online

With Dr. Lucia Jander & Edna Brown LCSW Establish your goals and overcome your fears. Death is a part of life, and planning for it can make all the difference to the emotional health of those you leave behind. Talk will cover: • The importance of advance care planning • Guidance in filling out Health…

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Writing Your Loss Story: Virtual

Online

Writing Your Loss Story is a four-week writing program that provides therapeutic writing prompts for the bereaved to use to tell their story. Held via Zoom and facilitated by Jane Baker Segelken, LMSW The group allows individual living with loss to explore their unique circumstances. A goal of the program is healing with words —…

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Virtual Book Discussion: The Wild Edge of Sorrow, by Francis Weller

Online

Brenna Fitzgerald, Hospicare’s Communications Coordinator, will facilitate an interactive discussion of the book The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller, a psychotherapist, writer, and soul activist. In this lyrical book filled with touching stories, Weller offers a poetic handbook for the art of grieving. His insights into grief and the grieving process, including the…

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Feeling, Honoring and Releasing Our Stories of Grief: Using Dance and Movement as a Healing Landscape: In-person

Hospicare Ithaca Office 172 East King Road, Ithaca, NY, United States

This workshop, which will be held outdoors on the Hospicare grounds, focuses on introspection as it relates to static energy of the body, mind, and spirit. We’ll bring awareness to stored tension and the manifestations of grief in the body by exploring breath work, gestures, physical shapes, movement pathways and verbal expression. “The body says…

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Hospicare 101

Online

With Anna Osterhoudt MSW & Edna Brown LCSW Learn more about the difference between hospice and palliative care and how we can help patients, families, and caregivers at ANY stage of a life-limiting illness. Our team will introduce you to the services of Hospicare & Palliative Care Services. We use a team approach to providing…

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Recurring

Spousal Loss Support Group: Virtual

Online

A 5-week group offering men and women who have lost a spouse or partner the opportunity to process their loss in a supportive and confidential setting. Participants must commit to all 5 sessions. Registration is required by September 22nd. Use the form below. For more information contact the Bereavement staff via phone at 607-272-0212 or send…

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Self-Massage and Muscle Tension Relief: Virtual

Online

We will explore ways to care for and nourish our bodies to support the process of grieving. We will teach self-care methods to help relieve muscle tension and encourage relaxation, and you will leave with tools to continue these at home. We will talk about self-massage as well as ways to use our community resources…

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